About the Authors

Kristen S. Swithers

Affiliation Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of Connecticut, Storrs, Connecticut, United States of America

Gregory P. Fournier

Affiliation Department of Biological Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America

Anna G. Green

Affiliation Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of Connecticut, Storrs, Connecticut, United States of America

J. Peter Gogarten

Affiliation Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of Connecticut, Storrs, Connecticut, United States of America

Pascal Lapierre

pascal.lap@gmail.com

Affiliation University of Connecticut Biotechnology Center, University of Connecticut, Storrs, Connecticut, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: PL KSS JPG GPF. Performed the experiments: PL. Analyzed the data: PL KSS JPG GPF AGG. Wrote the paper: PL KSS JPG GPF.